New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-24


mountain side, sweeping all before it
like storm of thunderbolts from q
clear sky, startling and terrifying all
who heard. As an instance Of the help
1lessness of the country, Capt Skaro' S
company, which was at Fort Smelling
when the outbreak occurred, and was
ordered back to take part in repelingg
the savage invaders, started out from
st. Peter about sunset, aUab but one
ro1'sd Of cartridges apiece. The COM
pany was mounted and carried muzzle-
loading Springfield rifles, which would
have required them to dismount had
they had another round for re-loading.
The whole country was illuminated by
the burning houses and grain stacks,
and as the company passed along the
highway, hundreds Of men, women and
children came forth from their hiding
places among the bushes, and their
walls and meanings OF distress were
heart-rendingg. The tomahawk, and
rlHe, and torch had done their hendlsh
work, and desolation was complete.
lhe speaker then read an extract from
DryanGs EE1[t $ dlspory OF the SIOUX Massa-
ere, which depicted Vlvldly the scenes
OF OF tnat terrible ' time. he then called
TO mlnd That many OF our, beloved cltl-
. zens en- were borne down to death IN that
struggle and but Tor timely assistance
OF praVe-hearted "a e citizens OF adjoining
Towns !! the entire village and all Its IN IN.
napltants would nave perlshed,- q
aoe brntalitv -
Il is most fittino that animal meet
inos should be held here to commemor.
ate the deeds Of those who fell in de-
fence of the nronertU and lives Of their
fellow citizens and "a raconnt the story
Of the massacre = the nrofonnd event
of hundreds nf sat+1arv Tbatmas ore
n orr historv-indaad since tho Nav.
flower landed al Plvno1th Rock there
has been no narallel to the indian afro.
cities enacted here il 1859 II was .
dark honr - the history of onr country
An army at the south was saeL;na -
dissolve tho IInion nf tho States and
onr frontier counties we're left in a do.
fencelegs condition These awfn7
events. LOOKING hack. over the twenty
five wears which haua a]ansod coon,
now lilra a tarr;hla draan, Rnt tha1
| were raa1 havond tho oo1uo, of mon -
describe In conclndipg tho snaate, >,
said that as an old friend and neioh ho,
who Far more m than oe uears bas hoo,
accnstomad @ to' vis;t ~ wifh;n @ onr ~ roc T b1
wished New Him nrnsnarit1 M and nd al n
;ts o;t;za,,s oontan4n,on and I.n,,;nass
80 o'''1on' ~ 'eu'l1on0 : ''''u n''p Ano''
The next speaker was Judge Flandrau
The Judge, who started in by saying
that there was no place where he fel
as much at home as he did in New Ulm
Ii be was an lrishman he would prob
bably say that he knew New Ulm be
fore it was, as ne had travelled in thi
sectlon before the founders OF New
Ulm arrived here. He felt that ne wa
amonggstfrlends here as he was acquaint
ed with all OF the old settlers, having
met them in early days, when it wa
his business to diagnose their difficultie
and decide for them. He called tn
attention OF hearers to the importanc
OF the Battle OF New Ulm, comparing
to the battle otThermopylae and that 0
| Mohawk Valley during the war OF to
/ Revolution. He stated that had it no
been for the fact that New Ulm re
| pulsed the Indians in August, 1862, th
| Sioux would have united with the Win
nebagoes and Chippewas and swep
! the State of Minnesota. He claimed
| that it was the duty OF the surVivin!
defenders to keep the significance an
Importance of the Battle 9
Of New Ulm before the people of tn
State. He suggested that.a monumen
! be erected on q prominent eminence Q
| this city, perpetuating the memory Q
/ the battle and calling the attention Q
| future generations to the valor, braver.
/ and self-sacri6ce Of the pioneers of thi
section. He called upon Gov. McGl
to recommend in his next annual NEE
sage that the State appropriate a suff
cient sum to erect a fitting memorial 9
| the most important event in tn
history OF this section. He com
mented upon the patriotism, en-
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